sys_get_temp_dir is not a WordPress function, it’s a core PHP function. It cannot be modified or changed using WordPress constants. To modify this would require changes to the servers operating system by the root user. Instead, WP_TEMP_DIR can be used to influence the value of get_temp_dir which is a WordPress function. In the event that … Read more
Which actions can update/change .php files?
Setting wp_temp_dir and permissions not working for “Missing A Temporary Folder” error
There are two ways that error can be triggered ( source ): user does not have unfiltered_upload capability; WP does not like file type or extension. Latter is checked by wp_check_filetype_and_ext() function ( source ) that filters return through wp_check_filetype_and_ext hook to allow validation of additional file types.
It’s useful to understand how things work in WP. Content (pages, posts) are stored in the WP database. The ‘style’ of the site – how it works, how pages are built, how it looks – are in the theme of the site. Within the theme are templates – that defines how a post is displayed … Read more
You won’t be calling stuff directly from the functions.php file by URL reference. The functions.php is loaded in with the WordPress theme and it makes functions available to you from within the theme template files. Most of your code can be ported directly into the functions.php but you will have to wrap some sort of … Read more
$wp_filesystem is a global variable containing the instance of the (auto-)configured filesystem object after the filesystem “factory” has been run. To run the factory “over” the global variable (so to set it), just call the WP_Filesystem() function which is, guess what, undocumented in codex. At least the docblock contains some information and you can read … Read more
The function lives in wp-admin/includes/export.php and is only included on the export admin page (see source). If you want to use it on other pages, you’ll have to include it manually: require_once( ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/export.php’ );
See Ben Word – How to Hide WordPress Summary: In the Roots Theme we’re taking several steps to help make it not so obvious that you’re using WordPress: Cleaning up the output of wp_head and removing the generator from RSS feeds Hiding /wp-content/ by rewriting static theme assets (CSS, JS, and images), rewriting the plugins … Read more
Yeahh! I finally found a solution! The trick was to set all files and folders their ownership and group to the apache user. Make sure you’ve an directory for temporary storage and you need to have the ../wp-content/upgrade/ directory as well. Than at your wp-config.php this is the only thing I’m not aware about of … Read more